Staff Software Engineer - BE Python
About The Position
PayPal is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for its Venmo subsidiary. The role acts as a project or system leader, coordinating engineers’ work, determining technical tasks, and improving structures and processes. It involves making sound technical decisions amid competing priorities, identifying generalized solutions to recurring problems, collaborating with management on engineering standards, and representing PayPal to external partners, customers, or industry organizations. The position is described as backend Python in the job title. The position follows PayPal’s balanced hybrid work model for most employees: three days in the office and two days either in the office or at home. The expected annual base-pay range is $176,500–$262,350 in San Jose, California, and $160,500–$238,700 in Austin, Texas. Additional compensation may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Responsibilities
- Act as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers on a project or within a system.
- Determine the technical tasks that other engineers will follow.
- Deliver outcomes that support customer, operational, program, or service objectives.
- Proactively improve existing structures and processes.
- Use judgment to reconcile competing priorities such as time, quality, complexity, and risk, and identify optimal solutions.
- Recognize patterns and generalize repeated solutions.
- Collaborate with management to set or improve standards for engineering rigor.
- Represent PayPal to external partners, customers, or industry organizations.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Healthcare coverage for employees and their families
- Resources to support financial security
- Resources to support mental health
- Annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
